January 31, 2026 @ 11:47 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

FlexTecs, a provider of recovery audit, contract compliance, and payment accuracy software and solutions, has announced a strategic investment from Cohere Capital, a Boston-based private equity firm focused on investing in differentiated technology and tech-enabled services companies. Through its services and technology, FlexTecs reviews more… Read More

January 31, 2026 @ 11:46 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Growfin, an AI-native accounts receivable automation firm, is partnering with Credit Pulse, an AI-powered credit risk management platform. Together, the companies will leverage Agentic AI to help enterprises leverage credit risk-decisioning and accounts receivable management to improve cash flow efficiency, reduce bad debt, and strengthen… Read More

January 30, 2026 @ 5:29 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Amboss Technologies, a developer in the Lightning Network ecosystem, has announced RailsX, the first Lightning-native peer-to-peer decentralized exchange (DEX), at the PlanB Forum in El Salvador. It empowers users with complete freedom to transact at scale in stablecoins and Bitcoin, leveraging censorship-resistant, Bitcoin-native technologies like… Read More

January 30, 2026 @ 3:30 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Melio, an accounts payable and receivable platform, this week announced the launch of Agent Mel, an AI-powered assistant and expert guide that delivers quick responses and insights for payment, product, and vendor questions. The conversational agent helps accountants, bookkeepers, and SMBs access critical information and… Read More

January 30, 2026 @ 2:26 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Web3 had some interesting thoughts on the importance of the Saudis, tokenization, the CLARITY Act, cryptocurrency, and precious metals. Precious metals vs. Bitcoin “This morning, investors are reckoning with a new reality as gold hits $5,000 for the first time in history, while silver has… Read More

January 30, 2026 @ 12:31 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Digital Genesis Fund has officially launched as a new European investment platform focused on real-world infrastructure for the digital age, combining institutional regulation with Web3, tokenization, and AI-driven value creation. Structured as a Luxembourg SICAV-RAIF, the Digital Genesis Fund is designed to deploy long-term… Read More

January 29, 2026 @ 8:47 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

ThetaRay today announced the launch of Ray, an Agentic AI AML investigation suite for transaction monitoring investigations. Embedded in the ThetaRay Investigation Center, Ray extends Cognitive AI from detection to investigation, combining autonomous investigative execution with on-demand analyst support. Global regulators are converging on higher… Read More

January 29, 2026 @ 5:57 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

NordVPN has revealed new insights into the privacy risks Canadians face as AI tools become embedded in their daily work routines. According to data from the National Privacy Test (NPT) for 2025, 95% of Canadians do not understand what privacy issues to consider when using… Read More

January 29, 2026 @ 12:11 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Compa, a provider of AI-driven compensation intelligence, announced $35 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Jump Capital, with participation from Crosslink Capital, Storm Ventures, Permanent Capital, HR Tech Investments LLC (an affiliate of Indeed, Inc.), and PagsGroup. For decades, enterprise companies… Read More

January 28, 2026 @ 11:38 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

BizBuySell, a business-for-sale marketplace, has partnered with LoanBud, a financial technology platform focused on modernizing access to Small Business Administration (SBA) financing. Together, the companies hope to bring better financing clarity earlier into the transaction process. Business listings on BizBuySell can now be prequalified for… Read More

January 28, 2026 @ 8:24 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The New England Automated Clearing House (NEACH) today announced a strategic partnership with Turningpoint Communications to launch the Treasury and Payments Academy (TAPA), a comprehensive training program designed to elevate treasury and payments expertise across financial institutions and strengthen their ability to compete, grow, and… Read More

January 28, 2026 @ 12:42 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

GFT and Ozone API are partnering to launch North American institutions into the open banking arena, a market expected to top $48 billion in 2026. Due to Budget 2025’s acceleration of the Consumer Driven-Banking Act, the future of open banking in Canada is actively unfolding…. Read More

January 28, 2026 @ 8:11 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Zocks, a privacy-focused AI platform for financial advisors, has raised $45 million in Series B funding co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and QED Investors, along with participation from Illuminate Financial and all existing investors, including Motive Partners, Expanse Venture Partners, Entrée Capital, and 14Peaks Capital…. Read More

January 27, 2026 @ 3:40 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

SUPERAGENT AI has announced what it describes as the world’s first Quoting AI Agent, a technological breakthrough that automates the single most critical and labor-intensive workflow in the insurance industry – the quoting bottleneck. For decades, the “quoting bottleneck”, the manual process of collecting data,… Read More

January 27, 2026 @ 12:53 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Roughly 40,000 U.S. home-purchase agreements were canceled in December, equal to 16.3% of homes that went under contract that month, according to a new report from Redfin, the real estate brokerage powered by Rocket. That’s up from 14.9% a year earlier and marks the highest… Read More

January 27, 2026 @ 12:45 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Upwind, the runtime-first cloud security provider, has raised $250 million in Series B funding, bringing its total funding to $430 million. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Salesforce Ventures and Picture Capital. Existing investors include Greylock, Cyberstarts, Leaders Fund, Craft… Read More

January 27, 2026 @ 10:23 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

As AI-powered fraud improves, Kidas is one company businesses and consumers from a constantly evolving threat. Kidas CEO Ron Kerbs said traditional approaches won’t stop criminals who use methods that evade standard filters. Kidas’ origins are in gaming. During the COVID-19 pandemic, people increasingly turned… Read More

January 27, 2026 @ 9:48 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Credit Key, a B2B payments and financing platform, has closed $90 million in new growth capital. It includes a strategic partnership with global investment manager Barings. The new capital will be invested in scaling growth and strengthening Credit Key’s continued product innovation as B2B e-commerce… Read More

January 27, 2026 @ 8:51 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Raisin’s 2026 State of Consumer Banking Report reveals that 65% of Americans have switched banks at least once, and nearly one-third have switched multiple times. The report’s findings highlight a clear evolution in consumer behavior: Americans are increasingly making banking decisions based on tangible benefits,… Read More

January 27, 2026 @ 8:50 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

F/m Investments has filed an exemptive application with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission seeking permission to record ownership of tokenized shares in the F/m US Treasury 3 Month Bill ETF (TBIL) on a permissioned blockchain ledger. The application is believed to be the first… Read More